| NERDALERT | Response one might get when describing the intricacies of crossword construction |
| FAB | Word before Four, when describing the Beatles, or Five, when describing Van Halen, or Fifteen, when |
| PATTERNLAYOUT | Early stage of crossword construction? |
| RETORTS | The sort of responses one might expect in a laboratory |
| REACTIONS | They're the sort of responses one might expect from that coster, Ian |
| FAME | What you might get when you climb to the top |
| DEAL | What you might get when you purchase Christmas ornaments on December 26 |
| BALLETSCHOOL | Swan lake with lots of carp where one learns the intricacies of the fish dive presumably (6,6) |
| INSANDOUTS | The intricacies of a situation (3,3,4) |
| ENLARGE | Explain in more detail the intricacies of a green pound (7) |
| UNFOLD | On paper, the intricacies of origami should be easy to disclose... (6) |
| UNRAVEL | Disentangle; undo the intricacies of |
| INS | If you know the intricacies then you know the - and outs (3) |
| READYWIT | In a time-conscious State, intelligence is the sort of response one gets in the funniest of situations (5,3) |
| NOSEY | A negative response one way, a positive one the other; curious (5) |
| PHONEINSANDOUTS | Intricacies of cells |
| OKTA | When describing cloud cover, one eighth of the sky |
| BUNGALOWS | One of the original 13 when describing humble accommodation (9) |
| OPENERS | Response one second out possibly for starters |
| NAY | Contrary response, one from horse, I hear (3) |
